I should have this mandolin in my hands in about a week. I wanted an f-style mandolin, but could not afford to add a Gibson F-5 mandolin to the collection, so I will have this "The Loar" F-5 and my Steve Carlson signed Gibson.

Michael Eck

Jan-24-2009, 1:31am

Dan,

You're going to love it. I've just changed my avatar to a picture of me with my Loar LM 600.

gibson mandoman

Jan-24-2009, 1:37pm

Thank you Michael. I am excited about receiving this mandolin. It sounded great played over the phone, which I know isn't the best way to determine a mandolin's tonal qualities, but I was willing to take a chance. Plus, I have a 48 hour approval period. I will post a review after I have spent sometime with the new "The Loar" F-5.

kirkwhitehead

Jan-24-2009, 3:29pm

I have a LM 500 with some mods and I really like it. I played an unaltered 600 and this modified 500 and bought the 500. It fits me better, although the 600 was louder. The 500 is plenty loud for me.

Also the 600 has a bigger neck profile than the 500.

I bet you'll be happy with it.

kirk

Michael Cameron

Jan-24-2009, 3:29pm

Schoenberg's is a dangerous place to shop. They are really cool guys who don't mind playing instruments over the phone etc.

They really make it EASY to buy stuff! I bought two ukuleles from them. (couldn't make up my mind which one I wanted). And,I'm glad I did!

I hear good reports about "The Loar" mandos. Hope yours is a good'un.

I have a Carlson-signed Gibson too.(Monroe #74). It has my favorite neck dimensions of any mandolin I ever had. At 16 years of age(re-fretted),it has become a most responsive and tone-full instrument.